Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

Let me post some photos of Alanna in her pajamas today.

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Thanks to the boss Mahou Shaojiu Meili for the two monthly tickets. The boss is generous and the boss is in good health~

A family member was in a car accident and is in the hospital. He just came out of the operating room an hour ago. I have been busy these days as a caregiver, so the updates may be a bit unstable recently.

But try to post it before 10pm.

Chapter 258: Girl's Lifespan Cut

"Huh?" Ethan frowned and looked at the goblin guard's hurried back, feeling that something was wrong.

To be honest, he wanted to follow immediately. The goblin must have some connection with the Lost Spell, and might be related to the unknown enemy that Merlin mentioned.

only……

Ethan glanced at the girl who was holding his arm and was unaware of this.

If I tell her about this, she will definitely ask to go with me because she is worried about her safety. She almost got herself into danger when she followed Agnus in Hogsmeade last time, so I can't let her get involved in this mess again.

"Ethan, what's wrong with you?" Alanna noticed Ethan's hesitation and poked his cheek with her finger. "Are you worried about something?"

"...Nothing." Ethan squinted his eyes, and his face instantly turned red:

"I suddenly need to go to the bathroom. Please excuse me for a moment."

Alanna blinked and tilted her head, pointing to a nearby store. "Okay, I'll meet you at Vizelacre Magic Supplies."

After saying that, the girl didn't wait for Ethan to respond, and turned and walked towards the Weizeacre Magic Supplies Store.

The girl's understanding caught Ethan off guard, but the situation was urgent and he couldn't stay here to think about it. So he just paused for a moment, then ran into Knockturn Alley with guilt towards his girlfriend.

Alanna suddenly turned around and watched Ethan's figure disappear into the alley leading to Knockturn Alley, biting her lip.

Of course she noticed Ethan's abnormality. Although she didn't know what it was, it was definitely not as simple as going to the toilet. And there must be some danger, otherwise Ethan would not be so hesitant and dare not tell her the truth. With her personality, she would definitely be worried.

Rather than putting him in a dilemma and making him miss the opportunity, it would be better for me to pretend to be unaware and let go... Anyway, I am just a burden to him now. If I am brought along, he will definitely be afraid to act rashly and unable to move.

Merlin, please protect him and make sure nothing happens to him. Make sure he comes back safely.

The girl covered her heart and prayed silently.

As Ethan walked quickly through the alley, he took off his windbreaker, turned it over and put it back on.

The double-sided trench coat he bought from Mr. Hill was of a special style. Not only were the inside and outside of the coat different colors, but the hem could also be folded up with metal snaps, so that the coat could be switched between a knee-length trench coat and a floor-length robe.

It was tailor-made for the current situation.

Although he did not notice this when he bought the clothes, he only bought it because he liked the lapel style of the windbreaker, and he just picked up the clothes and changed into it before going out, but it was still a blessing in disguise.

The figure of the goblin guard soon appeared in his field of vision. Although the goblin had long limbs and nimble movements that did not match its short stature, its legs were still not as long as humans' to allow it to take long steps.

Of course, Ethan could catch up with the goblin guard in just a few steps, but since he came here to find out the secret behind it, it would be better to keep his actions concealed to avoid attracting its attention. So Ethan just followed from a distance, and it was enough to just keep the goblin's figure in his sight.

Moreover, the black windbreaker he was wearing made him blend perfectly into the atmosphere of the dark wizards in Knockturn Alley. Coupled with the ferocious expression on his face, he didn't have to worry about appearing too out of place.

The goblin stopped in front of a shop called "Juggling and Tricks", looked back and looked around, and when he saw that he was not followed by any suspicious person, he pushed the door and walked in.

Ethan slowly poked half of his body out from behind the fork of Knockturn Alley, and after confirming that the goblin would not suddenly come back, he went around to the back of the store from the alley separated from the main road of Knockturn Alley by a row of buildings. Seeing that there was no one around, he cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, and then returned to the main road of Knockturn Alley, lying on the window at the door of "Jugglers and Tricks" to peek into the store.

The goblin raised his head and talked quickly with a bald man behind the counter. Because they deliberately lowered their voices and there was a layer of glass between them, Ethan couldn't hear the content of their conversation clearly. He could only vaguely distinguish a few syllables... It sounded like they were exchanging secret codes.

The bald man finally nodded to the goblin, opened the door of the counter and welcomed the goblin in, then opened a door leading to the room at the back of the store - probably to let the goblin in. The goblin was too short so its figure was completely blocked by the counter, and Ethan could not see its movements.

So Ethan followed the outer wall of the shop back to the alley behind the shop. Fortunately, there were two windows here, which allowed him to continue eavesdropping.

In the room behind the window, besides the man and the goblin he had just seen in front of the store, there was another goblin in armor. The bald man took something out of his collar, and his facial features began to distort rapidly until he turned into an acquaintance of Ethan's.

Agnus of the Salamanders.

The goblin in armor gave him a strange feeling. Goblins were usually short, about the height of an adult male's thigh, and never taller than three feet. The armored goblin in front of him was a full head taller than the goblin guard, probably more than four feet tall.

Seeing the goblin guard coming in, the goblin in armor asked in a deep voice, with obvious impatience in his tone: "How is it going? Have you succeeded in negotiating with them recently?"

The goblin guard shook his head and replied, "They are still wavering and have no intention of joining us."

"A bunch of fence-sitters! They are all traitors who have turned their backs on you!"

The goblin in armor hammered the wall angrily, and a hole was made in the stone bricks of the wall. The armor on his body also flashed red light as he hammered.

"They are so willing to continue to be in cahoots with humans. Have they forgotten how shameful it is to be enslaved by humans? If this continues, when will we fairies be able to get the status we deserve in this world?!"

"They have worked with humans for too long and have forgotten how noble they are." The fairy guard quickly tried to calm the armored fairy:

"But apart from those guys in Gringotts who have lost their blood, most of the guys in the Scottish forges, the Welsh mines, and the Irish valleys agree with your uprising. As soon as the time comes and you give the order, they will immediately gather under your banner of Lanlock and launch a rebellion against those self-righteous wizards."

This time they didn't deliberately lower their voices, and Ethan could hear their conversation clearly through a layer of glass.

Lanlock, he had an impression of this name. He was the leader of the largest goblin rebellion in the late eighteenth century, which caused a lot of trouble for the wizards at that time.

Finally, he and his followers were besieged by more than thirty Aurors in Manchester. In the end, more than half of the Aurors were killed or injured, but Lanlock and his followers were all wiped out, leaving no one alive.

This is what is recorded in the history of magic, so Lanlock should be dead. But what about this goblin named Lanlock?

Could it be that Lanlock did not die at that time, but survived by chance and has lived to this day?

No, although goblins have a longer lifespan than wizards, and living for a hundred or two hundred years is not a problem, the goblin in front of him is too young, and he really doesn't look like an old thing that has lived for more than two hundred years. Even the goblin guard next to him looks older than him.

Or is it just the same name?

This is simply too much of a coincidence that two goblins named Lanlock are planning to launch a rebellion against wizards at the same time.

Ethan continued to watch with a lot of doubts in his mind, and the conversation among the people in the room soon turned into mutual accusations.

The goblin named Lanlock's eyes glowed red, and red patterns also lit up on his armor. He asked Agnes in a slow and calm tone that was completely different from his previous impatience:

"Didn't you say that once he entered the Red Tomb City, he would be stuck there? You said you needed an opportunity, so I gave you time. But now it seems that you humans are really unreliable. You are as arrogant as ever, and you are just good at talking big."

"What 'opportunity'? The power you gave us can't even deal with a Hogwarts student!" Agnes slammed the table, extremely emotional:

"Marcus is dead, and the Fire Snake Party is finished too! If you hadn't kept it a secret from us, we would have succeeded long ago! Now all my experimental materials are ruined, and this is how you cooperate with us?!"

"Don't forget our agreement! It's true that I will share my power with you, but the prerequisite is that you help me find the source of those magics." Lanlock raised his head and pointed at Agnas' nose, with a gloomy face:

"But what are you doing? First, you were too late to get to the Gringotts vault, and everything inside had already been taken. Then I gave you time to prepare and get the child, but you went on to do some bullshit Holy Grail War. That kind of half-baked ritual that was retired from the stage of history hundreds of years ago!"

"What kind of toad urine is in your heads, human wizards? Can't you have a little sense of contract? Do you know what is important and what is not? You are not even as reliable as those Muggles you look down upon!"

"But you didn't tell us that the kid actually had such super powers that even Marcus couldn't beat him!"

Agnes also pointed at Lanlock's nose and growled:

"Who is that child? What on earth are you goblins hiding from us?!"

Lanlock slapped away Agnus's hand that was pointing at him and said, "Watch your attitude! Don't forget that you are still alive only because you are the descendant of one of the "Guardians". You never know when you can be useful. If I want, I can always let you find your accomplices who died in the Red Tomb City. Or, do you want to go to Azkaban to accompany your unfortunate brother?"

"Tsk." Agnas made a sound, put his hands up, gasped and stopped talking, obviously scared.

Lanlock sighed again:

"If I had known you were so unreliable, I would have taken action against them while they were still in the carriage. Now they are in that damn school, and we can't get close to them at all."

"Rednock, what's the situation in Scotland?" Lanlock asked the goblin guard again, "I hope to hear some good news."

Radnok replied respectfully, "Everything is going well, Lord Lanlock, but it will take some time. No matter how you put it, 'that thing' is really too big, and the project is also very complicated. It will take some effort to conceal it from the eyes and ears of those human wizards and carry it out in secret."

"Very good." Lanlock nodded and praised:

"Go tell Rodgok not to rush for success. What we have the most right now is time. Compared to speed, concealment is the most important. Just let him proceed at the current pace."

"But if this happens, I'm afraid our plan will have to be delayed for some time..." Lednok hesitated, "It may take a few months to prepare. I'm a little worried that something might change if we delay."

"Relax, my friend." Lanlock put on an ugly smile:

"I once read this sentence in an ancient human book: 'Haste makes waste.' Although humans are indeed hateful, the experience they have summed up in certain things is still very reasonable. We just need to wait for the right time."

"Okay, now that you say that, I feel relieved." Lednock nodded, "I'm leaving now. If we stay like this for too long, they'll get suspicious."

"You should be careful too, my friend." Lanlock patted Rednock's shoulder.

"You can't come here anymore."

Agnes frowned and suddenly said:

"This meeting place can no longer be used. The Salamanders and the Rosier family have both fallen. This place is no longer safe. The Ministry of Magic could find this place at any time. After you leave, I will also leave here and never come back."

"I know. I'll let you know where we'll meet next time."

Lanlock waved to Agnus, who sighed again, opened the door, walked out of the room and went to the front desk, and Rednock followed him.

"A few months..." Lanlock muttered to himself, "It doesn't matter, there's no need to rush..."

After saying that, Lanlock turned around and walked out from the back door of the shop just a few meters away from Ethan.

Ethan's body was immediately covered in cold sweat. He pressed himself against the wall and dared not move an inch. He breathed very slowly, watching Lanlock slowly walk away in the middle of the alley.

When passing by him, Lanlock suddenly stopped and looked up at where Ethan was, as if he had sensed something.

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It's Pajamas Alanna

Chapter 259 You smell of her perfume~

"Ok?"

Lanlock raised his head and looked thoughtfully in the direction where Ethan was, frowning deeply.

Under Lanlock's murderous gaze, Ethan felt that the Disillusionment Spell that he had just cast on him might fail at any time. He subconsciously stopped breathing and stared at Lanlock's movements. Even if Lanlock showed his intention to attack him, before Lanlock's attack really landed on him, he had to remain calm and not show any panic or even run away.

In this situation, what is being tested is psychological quality; whoever gives up first loses.

We have obtained so much information, we cannot fail here and let them realize that our plan has been leaked. We must hold our breath.

At this point, he couldn't use a soundproof barrier to cover up the sound of his heartbeat or breathing, for fear that even the slightest magical fluctuation would arouse Lanlock's suspicion.

"Humph……"

After staring with a frown for a long time, Lanlock retracted his gaze and continued walking to the other end of the alley.

After Lanlock's figure turned into a black dot and disappeared at the end of his sight, Ethan let down his guard, gasped heavily, lifted the Disillusionment Spell, returned to the main road of Knockturn Alley, and prepared to return to Alanna.

But just before he walked out a short distance, a young female dark wizard blocked his way.

Ethan subconsciously thought that his whereabouts had been discovered by Agnus and his gang. Although logically no one in the Fire Serpent Party should be left alive, who knows whether Agnus and Lanlock have recruited a new group of dark wizards.

So he became alert reflexively, his muscles tensed and his wand sticking out from his sleeve, ready to go.

"What are you doing here, handsome boy?"

The brown-haired witch leaned against the wall with one hand and winked at Ethan. The other hand gently and tentatively climbed onto his chest:

"I think you're quite handsome, exactly my type. Do you want to come with me? We can do something fun~"

Ethan's mouth twitched, and a thousand skrewts were running wildly through his heart.

Well, you're here to have a 419 with me, right? And it's Christmas Eve!

Why are there always people coveting my beauty... It's all because of my handsome, suave and charming face!

Just as Ethan slapped the witch's dishonest hand away and wanted her to get as far away as possible, he caught a glimpse of the bald man in Agnes' disguise walking past him.

And Agnas glanced at himself, obviously becoming suspicious.

Ethan secretly cried out that something was wrong. Agnus had seen his face in Hogsmeade before. If he let Agnus look at him for a while longer, he was not sure that Agnus would not recognize him.

Even Lanlock was able to hide it, so it can't be exposed here.

So Ethan turned around and grasped the wrist that he had just slapped away. In the witch's annoyed look because of being rejected, he changed his attack and pressed her against the wall. With his other hand, he held her chin and pretended to flirt with her. Because of this action, his body turned so that his back was facing Agnes.

Agnas was caught off guard and was fed a mouthful of dog food. He let out a sour sigh and quickened his pace to leave this sad place.

It must be an illusion. Ethan is just a student. How could he appear in a place like Knockturn Alley and flirt with other women so skillfully?